Flexal mammarenavirus | |
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Virus classification
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(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Ellioviricetes |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Arenaviridae |
Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
Species: | Flexal mammarenavirus
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Flexal mammarenavirus (also known as the Flexal virus or FLEV, and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host. [1] It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil. [2]
It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae. [3] Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness. [3]Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance. [4]